Iconography and spot illustrations
Iconography as well as spot illustrations for design systems, interfaces and websites for both clients and for sale! Use my icons in your project!
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Created: June, 2025 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Saving! The floppy disc icon, a relic of the past, doesn't work in 2026 and how we needed a new icon for saving, so I came up with these alternates!
“Aries Solutions Home Page Heroes”
Created: 2024 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Updated home page graphic that serves as the hero for the Aries Solutions site incorporating their brand colors and various service icons.
Created: 2024 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Easily my favorite little mini-brand design I've done for Aries so far: Mach Booster. This little rocket dude goes super hard as it launches into space.
“Aries Solutions Rocket Group”
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
The unofficial Aries Solutions brand mark the mighty little rocket that is used as a graphic for the About Us footer on the business portfolio site.
“Aries Solutions Lift Truck Designs”
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Manufacturing and warehouse related icon designs in isolation created for the Aries Solutions business site using their brand colors!
“Aries Service Icons Isolated”
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Ecommerce and technology icon designs presented in isolation that were used with companion text to describe services provided by Aries Solutions.
“Aries Services Badges Designs”
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A variety of different spots illustrations used to describe some services offered by Aries Solutions on their business website.
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
On the initial services page, these graphics served as companion graphics for the Aries Solutions site to describe their skills and offerings.
Created: 2024 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Aries Labs! The ACTUAL lab. Here are the hero designs for the Aries Lab section with the coolest dude lab astronaut chilling on the moon!
Created: 2024 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Aries Labs! A little offering by the team to work on different problems facing their clients. For the project we used an astronaut lab for the branding!
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Some abstract panels used to represent the different thinking models of AI as a part of the service offering for AI Labs by Aries Solutions.
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A launching rocket used as a hero graphic for the updated design launch of Aries Solutions. The rocket has since become a bit of an unofficial brand mark.
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
An alternate version of the orbiting icons representing Aries Solutions services around a central cube, this time on a dark navy background!
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Leadership and innovation were the catalyst behind this early brain brand mark for Aries Solutions and this hero image was served up on their landing page
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A lonely but triumphant rocket floats in space exploring this wavy cloud in deep space, also currently working as a hero design for Aries Solutions!
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A hero design capturing icons and abstract geometry around cart and checkout related to the website section of Aries Solutions related to ecommerce!
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Cloud computing services are where Aries Solutions leads the charge, this hero has a couple of clouds and nodes with icons for their services represented!
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A collection of icons representing the services Aries Solutions provides orbiting around a central cube with nodes and other geometric shapes in space!
Created: 2023 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A variety of abstract background designs with the nodes and geometric shapes on the brand navy color for Aries Solutions content page.
Created: 2017 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Categories! Here are some fun and colorful icons I created to be the representations of different categories of products for an ecommerce shopping site.
Created: 2017 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Get your stuff! Here's an icon set showing shipping fulfillment of your online order through an internet related ecommerce shop that sells and ships goods.
Created: 2017 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
The ongoing maintenance of your body and teeth! Here are icons illustrating traveling to health check-ups as well as showing recurring appointments.
“Health Network Website Icons”
Created: 2017 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Technology and health! The following icons are for illustrating user interaction and the technology stack to get patient data to health providers.
“Health Tech Connection Icons”
Created: 2017 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Connection to health related technology is the theme of this icon set. For use in context with connecting patients to their health insurance network.
“Health And Technology Cycle Icons”
Created: 2017 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
The cycle of health and technology! Check out a few icons illustrating the cycle between treatment, prescriptions, technology and health!
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Out on the farm! Here's a few grayscale illustrations that were used as icons to convey farm-related parts and supples for the Grainger UX team.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Selections of the Grainger Choice badges to show the different usage types for the search and browse experience on Grainger dot com for the program.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A couple of fun isometric style icons for the Grainger 404 page that I made in collaboration with Grainge's UX team for the ecommerce site.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Let's connect to ePro! Here are a few examples of icons used within the experience to initially open and connect to the app to shop on Grainger!
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Some more looks at cart icons for search and browse for use in the Grainger ePro app experience for the User Experience team.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Carts and other various icons for search and browse for use in the Grainger ePro app experience for the User Experience team.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
More Switch and Save! Here are some UX-lead branding ideas for use on the Grainger site to show how the program could've worked exclusively as a badge.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Switch and Save! Here are some UX-lead branding ideas for use on the Grainger site to show how the program could've worked as a badge and logo treatment.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
PDF icons for manual downloads! Check a few examples of how we tackled ways to implement the PDF icon for Grainger ecommerce and user experience teams.
“Grainger Refresh Icon Exploration”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Page and results refresh! Check a few examples of how we tackled ways to implement the refresh icon for Grainger ecommerce and user experience teams.
“Customer Service and Research Icons”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Check out this collection of customer service and research related icons with illustrated representations of the two parties communicating with each other.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Safety first! Check out this collection of icons portraying worksite safety and safe practices for the ecommerce and UX teams at Grainger.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Various fulfillment and package handling related to Grainger ecommerce and internal presentations to support the UX team.
“Photo Documentation Related Icons”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Capturing and taking photos for shipping and handling related issues are the purpose of this icon set that was used within the Grainger ecommerce site.
“Shipping Related Icon Explorations”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Packages, shipping and handling a clipboard and more. Some shipping related and package icons for use within the Grainger ecommerce site.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Arrows, checkboxes, clipboard and more. Some directional arrows, time and copy and paste icons for use within the Grainger ecommerce site.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
A few sketches for what could be the Grainger ecommerce site cart icons for use within the site navigation for users to check out and purchase.
“Chicago Related Marketing Icons”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Chicago! Here are some icons related to news events and Windy City landmarks for use within the Grainger site and marketing ecosystem.
“Various eCommerce Icon Explorations”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Various icons for use on the ecommerce site and marketing. Credit cards? Old fashioned keys? I have those all worked out for use in sweet sweet vector art!
“Grainger Menu Icon Explorations”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
The trademark Grainger catalog, could it also serve as a site menu icon for user navigation? Here are a few menu icon explorations I created for the site.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
The trademark Grainger box. This icon was an exploration of colors and graphical treatments for an auto-reorder feature on the eCommerce site.
“Sale Coaching App Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Sales coaching! Here are more early sketches for Grainger coaching app icons and trying out different combinations of dollar sign and whistle lockups.
“Location Finder Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Searching for a section in the Grainger catalog? I believe this was the icon that helped with that or it might have also been a glossary related icon.
“Grainger Search Icon Explorations”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Search icons explorations here. How could different looks on the stem and the glass look when placed into a button on the Grainger search interface?
“Grainger Tools App Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Grainger tools app sketches! Exploring how the now signature Grainger G shadow would look on the collection of icons that make up the app icon would look.
“Time And Sales Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Even more looks! Here are early sketches for Grainger time and sales app icons and trying out different combinations of dollar signs and clocks.
“Time And Sales Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Time and sales more looks! Here are early sketches for Grainger time and sales app icons and trying out different combinations of dollar signs and clocks.
“Time And Sales Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Time and sales! Here are early sketches for Grainger time and sales app icons and trying out different combinations of dollar signs and clocks.
“Sales Coaching App Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Sales coaching! Here are early sketches for Grainger coaching app icons and trying out different combinations of dollar sign and whistle lockups.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Early sketches for Grainger sales app and trying out abstract shapes with different color combinations instead of an icon-centric approach.
“Grainger At Work Icon Sketches”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Early sketches for Grainger at work with a W shaped collection of tiles, trying to lean into a sort of Microsoft kind of vibe with different color options.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Grainger at work! This an internal app for booking meetings for team and collaboration on one of the Grainger campuses around Chicagoland.
“Grainger Time and Sales App Icon”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Grainger at work! This an internal sales related app icon for the sales team to work with each other on the team and for leadership viewpoints.
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Grainger at work! This an internal sales related app icon for the sales team to coach each other on the team and for leadership viewpoints.
“Grainger Tools Suite App Icon”
Created: 2015 | Role: Icon Design, Vector, Design
Grainger at work! This main app that opens a suite of related app related to internal sales and operations as a part of the then Grainger Sales app suite.
For personal & professional brands!
Logos
Logo Design! Check out some logo designs for personal and professional brands, built from the grounds up with custom fonts, colors, graphics and more!
Created: 2025 | Role: Designer
Ghost-Eyed Cat with a little logo refresh for my project launch. Wanted to make the character a little more recognizable as a cat and also add some color.
Created: 2025 | Role: Designer
Aries Artificial Intelligence is here! I had an idea for a more retro robot dude with a CRT monitor and face but with a modern feel.
Created: 2025 | Role: Designer
Third time is a charm! My third iteration of the Volkert Design logo for my new studio. Wanted it to have a small town Midwestern feel for this version.
User Interfaces from way back...
Daily UI 2017
An interface a day keeps the atrophe of skills away! A few Daily UI designs from 2017 with a few updates and new UI designs!
Created: March 19th, 2017 | Role: Design, UI Design
Let's draw! Here's a case study as a part of the Daily UI challenge to show a login for a site where users showcase their drawings! No AI here!
Created: January 25th, 2017 | Role: Design, UI Design
Spooky skate decks! The Lumbermancer, actually. What could be if I ran a full on ecommerce site with my work for sale? Well this could be an option.
Created: March 19th, 2017 | Role: Design, UI Design
Abstract Paintings! Check out a landing page design for the Daily UI prompt. For this pace I featured my own abstract works from grad school!
Iconography and spot illustrations
Iconography
Iconography as well as spot illustrations for design systems, interfaces and websites for both clients and for sale! Use my icons in your project!
Created: June, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
Saving! The floppy disc icon, a relic of the past, doesn't work in 2026 and how we needed a new icon for saving, so I came up with these alternates!
“Aries Solutions Home Page Heroes”
Created: 2024 | Role: Illustrator
Updated home page graphic that serves as the hero for the Aries Solutions site incorporating their brand colors and various service icons.
Created: 2024 | Role: Illustrator
Easily my favorite little mini-brand design I've done for Aries so far: Mach Booster. This little rocket dude goes super hard as it launches into space.
Motion and Animations in videos using After Effects.
Motion Design
Exploring After Effects with commissions and personal work to up my skills!
“Aries Solutions - Small Orders Promo”
Created: August 5th, 2024
Small orders shouldn't take big time! This ad was for Aries Solutions that I animated client provided text and design, I created the music and sounds.
“Aries Solutions - Outgrowing Promo”
Created: August 5th, 2024
Outgrowing your ecommerce platform? This ad was for Aries Solutions that I animated client provided text and design, I created the music and sounds.
“Aries Solutions - B2B Buyers”
Created: August 5th, 2024
B2B buyers expect a B2C treatment! This ad was for Aries Solutions that I animated client provided text and design, I created the music and sounds.
Interface designs brought to life!
UI Animation
Exploring ui and ux design with animated interface designs to show how they work for clients as well as hand-offs to development teams!
Created: April 18th, 2017 | Role: UX Design, After Effects
Check out Daily UI Entry number seven in which I explore a clean and minimal interface for a car center console with basic interactions showing brightness settings and time!